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Show APPENDIX A MEMORANDUM FOR BUREAU OF BUDGET ON SUBJECT OF NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES POLICY Submitted by John Geoffrey Will, Secretary and General Counsel In Behalf of the Upper Colorado River Commission The Upper Colorado River Commission had been aware for some time of invitations extended to various organizations to consult with the Bureau of the Budget on the subject of national water resources policy. When several months elapsed, during which the Upper Colorado River Commission was not accorded the honor of an invitation to participate even in a small way with the Bureau of the Budget in discussions that might have some effect on the formulation of proposals for legislation relating to national water resources policy, the Commission became alarmed lest there be not presented to the Bureau of the Budget the complete picture of the situation affecting particularly that part of the West which is known as the Upper Colorado River Basin, and lest, therefore, such proposals as might in due course be formulated be harmful rather than helpful to development of the water resources of that vast region. It was because of that fear that I ventured on October 30, 1951 to ask Budget Director Lawton for an opportunity to appear. I am very glad indeed that the Commission has this opportunity through me to discuss with officials of the Bureau of the Budget the subject of national water resources policy. One group which appeared before the Bureau of the Budget apparently sought to give and perhaps succeeded in giving the impression that it was representative of the National Reclamation Association. That is the group which appeared on the 3rd day of December 1951 and which was composed of Messrs. C. Petrus Peterson, Harry E. Polk, George T. Cochran, Guy C. Jackson, Jr., Merl B. Peek, Arvin B. Shaw, Jr., and W. G. Sloan. It is worthy of note that this group did not appear before the Bureau of the Budget pursuant to any .authority conferred upon it by any resolution of the National Reclamation Association. The only way in which the National Reclamation Association can speak is through its resolutions. The resolutions adopted by the National Reclamation Association do not support several of the propositions made by the group in question to the Bureau of the Budget on December 3, 1951. The resolutions adopted by the National Reclamation Association do -13- |